Is your MSer learning the 13 Guiding Principles of BLM?

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I am not sure if my middle schoolers are learning this but I certainly hope that they are. Thanks for the heads up Karen, I will ask them.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid said they spent one period doing this today in MS.

I am wondering if this is school-specific or MCPS-wide. Just looking to get more info before I approach the principal with my questions/concerns.

MCPS is going all in on CRT (critical race theory) which is extremely racist. They probably won't call it that though. Instead look for SEL (social emotional learning) and culturally responsive curriculum. And it's being done during the 8th period connect time.

CRT is not "extremely racist." The only one who is racist is someone who would object to it by characterizing it as ""extremely racist."

Do you actually have a white robe and hood in your closet?

This is CRT in practice, right here in MPCS: https://twitter.com/marya_hay/status/1230546821346471939?s=20

"skin color is a problem that..." = racist

I think this is actually useful because white people get sooooo uptight and take it personally when people point out racism. If more white people understood these concepts, they could look at racism objectively and focus more on the problems and less on getting offended when somebody points out how lots of our institutions favor white people. (I’m white by the way)

But I know people hate hearing that their supposed colorblindness isn’t good enough so I’ll stop there.

This is the entire thing right here. When white people react this way to having white privilege pointed out, they internalize it and take it VERY personally, as if it's an attack on their character. "Oh, *I* am not racist! *I* don't see color! How DARE these people accuse me of racism." But they also have never experienced what a POC has and they literally have NO IDEA what POC live with every day. But instead of shutting up and listening, they instinctually stomp their feet and protest that they are being attacked or they don't LIKE the messages that would even dare to suggest that they're not the wonderful people they think they are. The irony is most of them ARE good people. But if they would just drop their defensive dukes and listen a little more and talk a little less, and stop trying to control the narrative about race relations, they might come to a better understanding and we might actually make meaningful progress towards racial healing as a nation.[/quote

We get it. Black people suffer more than white people do. I teach my kids to respectful of everyone and I am thrilled that younger generations won't have the same level of hatred and distrust that older and current generations have. But I can't spend my every living moment fighting the fight. And it isn't a schools job to teach these types of subjects in the standard curriculum because there is too much room for opinions and judgment to filter in. My kid came home and when I asked what he did at school today, he said... we learned about black people again. So now race is at the forefront of every discussion which will cause more division.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid said they spent one period doing this today in MS.

I am wondering if this is school-specific or MCPS-wide. Just looking to get more info before I approach the principal with my questions/concerns.

MCPS is going all in on CRT (critical race theory) which is extremely racist. They probably won't call it that though. Instead look for SEL (social emotional learning) and culturally responsive curriculum. And it's being done during the 8th period connect time.

CRT is not "extremely racist." The only one who is racist is someone who would object to it by characterizing it as ""extremely racist."

Do you actually have a white robe and hood in your closet?

This is CRT in practice, right here in MPCS: https://twitter.com/marya_hay/status/1230546821346471939?s=20

"skin color is a problem that..." = racist

I think this is actually useful because white people get sooooo uptight and take it personally when people point out racism. If more white people understood these concepts, they could look at racism objectively and focus more on the problems and less on getting offended when somebody points out how lots of our institutions favor white people. (I’m white by the way)

But I know people hate hearing that their supposed colorblindness isn’t good enough so I’ll stop there.

This is the entire thing right here. When white people react this way to having white privilege pointed out, they internalize it and take it VERY personally, as if it's an attack on their character. "Oh, *I* am not racist! *I* don't see color! How DARE these people accuse me of racism." But they also have never experienced what a POC has and they literally have NO IDEA what POC live with every day. But instead of shutting up and listening, they instinctually stomp their feet and protest that they are being attacked or they don't LIKE the messages that would even dare to suggest that they're not the wonderful people they think they are. The irony is most of them ARE good people. But if they would just drop their defensive dukes and listen a little more and talk a little less, and stop trying to control the narrative about race relations, they might come to a better understanding and we might actually make meaningful progress towards racial healing as a nation.

It's almost like people don't like being lumped together and treated poorly because of the color of their skin.

If you think this is being "treated poorly" then you're an easily triggered, oversensitive snowflake in need of a safe space. Like a Klan rally. Or Idaho.

Toughen up, challenge yourself, stop taking everything so personally. Get with the times. It isn't a personal attack -- listen more, talk less.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid said they spent one period doing this today in MS.

I am wondering if this is school-specific or MCPS-wide. Just looking to get more info before I approach the principal with my questions/concerns.

MCPS is going all in on CRT (critical race theory) which is extremely racist. They probably won't call it that though. Instead look for SEL (social emotional learning) and culturally responsive curriculum. And it's being done during the 8th period connect time.

CRT is not "extremely racist." The only one who is racist is someone who would object to it by characterizing it as ""extremely racist."

Do you actually have a white robe and hood in your closet?

This is CRT in practice, right here in MPCS: https://twitter.com/marya_hay/status/1230546821346471939?s=20

"skin color is a problem that..." = racist

I think this is actually useful because white people get sooooo uptight and take it personally when people point out racism. If more white people understood these concepts, they could look at racism objectively and focus more on the problems and less on getting offended when somebody points out how lots of our institutions favor white people. (I’m white by the way)

But I know people hate hearing that their supposed colorblindness isn’t good enough so I’ll stop there.

If they were highlighting actual racism, I'd agree with you. But MCPS is about to redefine racism in Policy ACA as any difference measured by race if it disadvantages an underserved minority. That means if Asian kids score 20 points higher on a test than black kids, that will be racism. If the black kid calls the Asian kid a derogatory name for scoring better, that won't be racism. This is utter lunacy.

You’re... you’re really this stupid, aren’t you? Yikes.

When you resort to name calling you automatically concede the debate. So thank you.

DP -- hey, if the name fits, and in this case it does, she wins. You're an idiot. Take a seat.

Thank you for agreeing with me that MCPS has gone off the rails.

I did no such thing. In fact, I'm writing a letter to the administration now cheering them for doing this. The pp who is an idiot can continue being an idiot, but she lost this debate badly.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid said they spent one period doing this today in MS.

I am wondering if this is school-specific or MCPS-wide. Just looking to get more info before I approach the principal with my questions/concerns.

What possible concern would you have with this? Wow.

Why is the school spending an entire period highlighting a particular political movement? Isn’t BLM a political movement?

because that's the whole point of social studies?

This is not being taught in Social Studies.

The BLM class today at Wood was taught during an separate period.

Connect time is usually where this stuff shows up. Several middle schools are reading and being spoon-fed "Stamped" by the Kendi/Reynolds. Stamped was written specifically to indoctrinate students with CRT. And don't take my word for it. The author calls it that himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D6Ge1VXySo&t=272s

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Anonymous wrote:My kid said they spent one period doing this today in MS.

I am wondering if this is school-specific or MCPS-wide. Just looking to get more info before I approach the principal with my questions/concerns.

MCPS is going all in on CRT (critical race theory) which is extremely racist. They probably won't call it that though. Instead look for SEL (social emotional learning) and culturally responsive curriculum. And it's being done during the 8th period connect time.

CRT is not "extremely racist." The only one who is racist is someone who would object to it by characterizing it as ""extremely racist."

Do you actually have a white robe and hood in your closet?

This is CRT in practice, right here in MPCS: https://twitter.com/marya_hay/status/1230546821346471939?s=20

"skin color is a problem that..." = racist

I think this is actually useful because white people get sooooo uptight and take it personally when people point out racism. If more white people understood these concepts, they could look at racism objectively and focus more on the problems and less on getting offended when somebody points out how lots of our institutions favor white people. (I’m white by the way)

But I know people hate hearing that their supposed colorblindness isn’t good enough so I’ll stop there.

If they were highlighting actual racism, I'd agree with you. But MCPS is about to redefine racism in Policy ACA as any difference measured by race if it disadvantages an underserved minority. That means if Asian kids score 20 points higher on a test than black kids, that will be racism. If the black kid calls the Asian kid a derogatory name for scoring better, that won't be racism. This is utter lunacy.

You’re... you’re really this stupid, aren’t you? Yikes.

When you resort to name calling you automatically concede the debate. So thank you.

DP -- hey, if the name fits, and in this case it does, she wins. You're an idiot. Take a seat.

Thank you for agreeing with me that MCPS has gone off the rails.

I did no such thing. In fact, I'm writing a letter to the administration now cheering them for doing this. The pp who is an idiot can continue being an idiot, but she lost this debate badly.

You claiming victory in this debate is like Michael Scott declaring bankruptcy. You haven't even fired a shot yet. I said MCPS was about to enact terrible policy and you didn't counter. You lose. Sorry. Maybe you'll learn to debate when you get to high school or college.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid said they spent one period doing this today in MS.

I am wondering if this is school-specific or MCPS-wide. Just looking to get more info before I approach the principal with my questions/concerns.

MCPS is going all in on CRT (critical race theory) which is extremely racist. They probably won't call it that though. Instead look for SEL (social emotional learning) and culturally responsive curriculum. And it's being done during the 8th period connect time.

CRT is not "extremely racist." The only one who is racist is someone who would object to it by characterizing it as ""extremely racist."

Do you actually have a white robe and hood in your closet?

This is CRT in practice, right here in MPCS: https://twitter.com/marya_hay/status/1230546821346471939?s=20

"skin color is a problem that..." = racist

I think this is actually useful because white people get sooooo uptight and take it personally when people point out racism. If more white people understood these concepts, they could look at racism objectively and focus more on the problems and less on getting offended when somebody points out how lots of our institutions favor white people. (I’m white by the way)

But I know people hate hearing that their supposed colorblindness isn’t good enough so I’ll stop there.

This is the entire thing right here. When white people react this way to having white privilege pointed out, they internalize it and take it VERY personally, as if it's an attack on their character. "Oh, *I* am not racist! *I* don't see color! How DARE these people accuse me of racism." But they also have never experienced what a POC has and they literally have NO IDEA what POC live with every day. But instead of shutting up and listening, they instinctually stomp their feet and protest that they are being attacked or they don't LIKE the messages that would even dare to suggest that they're not the wonderful people they think they are. The irony is most of them ARE good people. But if they would just drop their defensive dukes and listen a little more and talk a little less, and stop trying to control the narrative about race relations, they might come to a better understanding and we might actually make meaningful progress towards racial healing as a nation.

It's almost like people don't like being lumped together and treated poorly because of the color of their skin.

If you think this is being "treated poorly" then you're an easily triggered, oversensitive snowflake in need of a safe space. Like a Klan rally. Or Idaho.

Toughen up, challenge yourself, stop taking everything so personally. Get with the times. It isn't a personal attack -- listen more, talk less.

Of course it's being treated poorly. This is what equity does. Equity requires discrimination against the group viewed as "ahead." So equity will discriminate against whites and Asians. MCPS is about encode this discrimination (racism) into Policy ACA. Teaching CRT is how they try to convince everyone to go along with it. "Yes, we know it's racism against you, but it's for a good cause so it's OK."

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Anonymous wrote:My kid said they spent one period doing this today in MS.

I am wondering if this is school-specific or MCPS-wide. Just looking to get more info before I approach the principal with my questions/concerns.

MCPS is going all in on CRT (critical race theory) which is extremely racist. They probably won't call it that though. Instead look for SEL (social emotional learning) and culturally responsive curriculum. And it's being done during the 8th period connect time.

CRT is not "extremely racist." The only one who is racist is someone who would object to it by characterizing it as ""extremely racist."

Do you actually have a white robe and hood in your closet?

This is CRT in practice, right here in MPCS: https://twitter.com/marya_hay/status/1230546821346471939?s=20

"skin color is a problem that..." = racist

I think this is actually useful because white people get sooooo uptight and take it personally when people point out racism. If more white people understood these concepts, they could look at racism objectively and focus more on the problems and less on getting offended when somebody points out how lots of our institutions favor white people. (I’m white by the way)

But I know people hate hearing that their supposed colorblindness isn’t good enough so I’ll stop there.

This is the entire thing right here. When white people react this way to having white privilege pointed out, they internalize it and take it VERY personally, as if it's an attack on their character. "Oh, *I* am not racist! *I* don't see color! How DARE these people accuse me of racism." But they also have never experienced what a POC has and they literally have NO IDEA what POC live with every day. But instead of shutting up and listening, they instinctually stomp their feet and protest that they are being attacked or they don't LIKE the messages that would even dare to suggest that they're not the wonderful people they think they are. The irony is most of them ARE good people. But if they would just drop their defensive dukes and listen a little more and talk a little less, and stop trying to control the narrative about race relations, they might come to a better understanding and we might actually make meaningful progress towards racial healing as a nation.[/quote

We get it. Black people suffer more than white people do. I teach my kids to respectful of everyone and I am thrilled that younger generations won't have the same level of hatred and distrust that older and current generations have. But I can't spend my every living moment fighting the fight. And it isn't a schools job to teach these types of subjects in the standard curriculum because there is too much room for opinions and judgment to filter in. My kid came home and when I asked what he did at school today, he said... we learned about black people again. So now race is at the forefront of every discussion which will cause more division.

This is critical race theory. It makes EVERYTHING about race.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid said they spent one period doing this today in MS.

I am wondering if this is school-specific or MCPS-wide. Just looking to get more info before I approach the principal with my questions/concerns.

What possible concern would you have with this? Wow.

Why is the school spending an entire period highlighting a particular political movement? Isn’t BLM a political movement?

because that's the whole point of social studies?

This is not being taught in Social Studies.

The BLM class today at Wood was taught during an separate period.

Connect time is usually where this stuff shows up. Several middle schools are reading and being spoon-fed "Stamped" by the Kendi/Reynolds. Stamped was written specifically to indoctrinate students with CRT. And don't take my word for it. The author calls it that himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D6Ge1VXySo&t=272s

Wood MS kids *just* finished reading Stamped! They spend Advisory reading Stamped last quarter.

Funnily enough, because the teacher who taught my kid Stamped was not a History teacher or a Language Arts teacher. The teacher was from a completely different department

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Anonymous wrote:My kid said they spent one period doing this today in MS.

I am wondering if this is school-specific or MCPS-wide. Just looking to get more info before I approach the principal with my questions/concerns.

MCPS is going all in on CRT (critical race theory) which is extremely racist. They probably won't call it that though. Instead look for SEL (social emotional learning) and culturally responsive curriculum. And it's being done during the 8th period connect time.

CRT is not "extremely racist." The only one who is racist is someone who would object to it by characterizing it as ""extremely racist."

Do you actually have a white robe and hood in your closet?

This is CRT in practice, right here in MPCS: https://twitter.com/marya_hay/status/1230546821346471939?s=20

"skin color is a problem that..." = racist

I think this is actually useful because white people get sooooo uptight and take it personally when people point out racism. If more white people understood these concepts, they could look at racism objectively and focus more on the problems and less on getting offended when somebody points out how lots of our institutions favor white people. (I’m white by the way)

But I know people hate hearing that their supposed colorblindness isn’t good enough so I’ll stop there.

If they were highlighting actual racism, I'd agree with you. But MCPS is about to redefine racism in Policy ACA as any difference measured by race if it disadvantages an underserved minority. That means if Asian kids score 20 points higher on a test than black kids, that will be racism. If the black kid calls the Asian kid a derogatory name for scoring better, that won't be racism. This is utter lunacy.

You’re... you’re really this stupid, aren’t you? Yikes.

When you resort to name calling you automatically concede the debate. So thank you.

DP -- hey, if the name fits, and in this case it does, she wins. You're an idiot. Take a seat.

Thank you for agreeing with me that MCPS has gone off the rails.

I did no such thing. In fact, I'm writing a letter to the administration now cheering them for doing this. The pp who is an idiot can continue being an idiot, but she lost this debate badly.

You claiming victory in this debate is like Michael Scott declaring bankruptcy. You haven't even fired a shot yet. I said MCPS was about to enact terrible policy and you didn't counter. You lose. Sorry. Maybe you'll learn to debate when you get to high school or college.

Sweetie. Darling. You got your ass handed to you. Now, I will invite you to sit down. Again.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid said they spent one period doing this today in MS.

I am wondering if this is school-specific or MCPS-wide. Just looking to get more info before I approach the principal with my questions/concerns.

MCPS is going all in on CRT (critical race theory) which is extremely racist. They probably won't call it that though. Instead look for SEL (social emotional learning) and culturally responsive curriculum. And it's being done during the 8th period connect time.

CRT is not "extremely racist." The only one who is racist is someone who would object to it by characterizing it as ""extremely racist."

Do you actually have a white robe and hood in your closet?

This is CRT in practice, right here in MPCS: https://twitter.com/marya_hay/status/1230546821346471939?s=20

"skin color is a problem that..." = racist

I think this is actually useful because white people get sooooo uptight and take it personally when people point out racism. If more white people understood these concepts, they could look at racism objectively and focus more on the problems and less on getting offended when somebody points out how lots of our institutions favor white people. (I’m white by the way)

But I know people hate hearing that their supposed colorblindness isn’t good enough so I’ll stop there.

If they were highlighting actual racism, I'd agree with you. But MCPS is about to redefine racism in Policy ACA as any difference measured by race if it disadvantages an underserved minority. That means if Asian kids score 20 points higher on a test than black kids, that will be racism. If the black kid calls the Asian kid a derogatory name for scoring better, that won't be racism. This is utter lunacy.

You’re... you’re really this stupid, aren’t you? Yikes.

When you resort to name calling you automatically concede the debate. So thank you.

DP -- hey, if the name fits, and in this case it does, she wins. You're an idiot. Take a seat.

Thank you for agreeing with me that MCPS has gone off the rails.

I did no such thing. In fact, I'm writing a letter to the administration now cheering them for doing this. The pp who is an idiot can continue being an idiot, but she lost this debate badly.

Not the PP, but do you have a kid at Wood MS? Or do you just plan to randomly write a letter to Wood admin about this? Weird, but you do you!

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You can equally nice to every dog you encounter but that will not solve issues like cycles of poverty caused by redlining or by putting American Indians in land that had no natural resources and eviscerating any chance they had for general wealth. It isn’t about the individual or how an individual feels at all.

Although I will say that I wish we talked more about how whiteness has been bad for white people. Lots of cultures of people who are white suffered because of these same systems of oppression, like Celtic culture, Scottish culture, etc. Once we can learn to stop being defensive about our skin color and start looking at the bigger picture, things can get a lot better n

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Anonymous wrote:Along with this racist: https://twitter.com/marya_hay/status/1230546821346471939?s=20 It's insane to think that MPCS pays this woman to spread this kind of hate.

This tweet is living rent free in your brain!

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Anonymous wrote:This is CRT in practice, right here in MPCS: https://twitter.com/marya_hay/status/1230546821346471939?s=20

"skin color is a problem that..." = racist

Obsessed!

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Seems like it's happening in all blue states and blue cities:

https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/education/2021/02/16/blm-at-school-week-of-action-instated-in-california-schools